Using seasonal climate forecasts to guide disaster management: The Red Cross experience during the 2008 West Africa floods

International Journal of Geophysics

Volumn 2012, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Tall, Arame ^a,b   Mason, Simon J ^c   Van Aalst, Maarten ^b   Suarez, Pablo ^b   Ait Chellouche, Youcef ^d   Diallo, Adama A ^e   Braman, Lisette ^b,c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre   (Netherlands)

^c Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory   (United States)

^d UNISDR Africa Regional Office   (Kenya)

^e African Centre of Meteorological Application for Development (ACMAD)   (Niger)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; DISASTER MANAGEMENT; DISASTER RELIEF; FLOOD; FLOOD CONTROL; RAINFALL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; STRATEGIC APPROACH; WEATHER FORECASTING;

CENTRAL AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 84866236695     PISSN: 1687885X     EISSN: 16878868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2012/986016     Document Type: Article

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